Presentation to Meeting Professionals International meeting, Knowledge Quest '98; A World of Opportunity, Minnespolis, MN, Earle Brown Heritage Center, Thursday, March 19, 1998, 10:30-11:30 am. Contact: Jeff Stuhr, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, 800/657-3843, 612/215-0218, Fax 612/215-0246. Speech: How Green Are Your Meetings? , The meeting industry is turning green (for planners and suppliers)! Come and hear what this Texas farm-owner and avid traveler has to say! Learning what to ask for and what may be offered can help you choose a facility that will respond to your wishes regarding the protecton of the environment. By asking questions, you can make your meeting and lodging facilities more environmentally friendly!, Length: 1 hour, Attendees: 15-20

Patricia is an American Hotel & Lodging Association Recommended Speaker.

Note to AHLA Federated State Associations: Funds may be available through American Express' "Partnership for Growth" program for the educational session provided by Ms. Griffin.

OUTLINE of
67 WAYS GREEN HOTELS CAN CONSERVE
AND SAVE MONEY

Introduction

Recycling

Water Savings

1.6 Toilets

Cleaning Chemicals

Energy Savings

Restaurants

Pest Control

Ecotourism

Landscaping

Noise Control

Ecotourism

Ways Hotels and Restaurants are Helping to Save our Planet

Marketing

Community

Conclusion

OUTLINE of
HOW GREEN ARE YOUR MEETINGS?

Introduction

Travel to Meetings

Green Hotel Management Style / Recycling

Food Service

Meeting Rooms

Hotel Guestrooms

Other Green Questions

Green Meetings

Resources

Giveaways / Gifts / Awards

Ways Hotels and Restaurants are Helping to Save our Planet

Conclusion

Patricia Griffin
President and Founder
Green Hotels Association®

Patricia is an avid traveler, and a self-appointed cheerleader for all green hotels. She has worked for a Howard Johnson Hotel in the back office, and for a Hilton Hotel at the front desk. She is very enthusiastic about protecting our environment--especially through simple, good practice methods. She is particularly interested in encouraging the greening of the hospitality industry by informing not only hoteliers, but also travel agents, meeting planners, tour guides, business and pleasure travelers and government agencies. Ms. Griffin is a native Texan, owns a farm in Central Texas where she has wild horses and tame cattle. She is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a Business degree.

Green Hotels Association® is the proud winner of the 2001 American Society of Travel Agents' Environmental Award. The association is an Endorser Member of the US EPA's WAVE and WasteWi$e programs.

Patricia is a Partner Member of Green Seal, Inc., Co-Op America, the Green Builder Program and Professional Association of Innkeepers International. She served for 5 years as a coach for the Women Business Owners Roundtable program at Houston's SBDC (Small Business Development Center). For 15 years she served, via mission work at her church, to help the less fortunate at the Texas/Mexico border.

Green Hotels Association® brings together hoteliers interested in saving water and energy, reducing solid waste and protecting the beautiful destinations we all love to visit.

Patricia and Green Hotels Association® have been featured on a CNN telecast, a U. S. Information Agency "Assignment Earth" program shown worldwide, and a number of national and international radio broadcasts. Newspaper and print media attention have been exceptional.

Ms. Griffin is a frequent speaker, and has a very important message to share with hoteliers, meeting planners and environmental groups in particular. Among other destinations, she has traveled to Florida, Washington, the Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Minnesota, Delaware and Wisconsin to speak on conserving and saving within the hospitality industry.

Green Hotels Association®, founded in 1993, is committed to encouraging, promoting and supporting ecological consciousness in the hospitality industry. The association urges hoteliers to "green up" with small measures such as serving drinking water on request only as well as with major renovations to all-fluorescent lighting and by every measure in between. Green Hotels Association® has devoted itself to the task of seeking out and researching ideas and techniques that hoteliers can use to conserve water and energy and reduce solid waste.

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